Given that I've got those middle-aged eyes, and I feel like I need to hold a book at arm's length to read the title, I assumed I wouldn't do too well. But I guess our ability to perceive color is quite different from other aspects of our vision.

Apparently there are HUGE differences in the male and female ability to perceive color.

Oddly, I did worse where I thought I did well and vice-versa. I could tell differences in shades but I couldn't always tell which way to shift tiles because some of the tiles did not appear to provide a smooth color transition.

Even when I look at the transition in the results, it seems that some of the shades are out of order because some darker shades appear to be positioned between lighter shades. Maybe this is because I am not using a perfect monitor for color reproduction.

This is one reason (among many) why I am not an interior decorator.

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John 14:2 :: In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

...Even when I look at the transition in the results, it seems that some of the shades are out of order because some darker shades appear to be positioned between lighter shades. Maybe this is because I am not using a perfect monitor for color reproduction.

Ah, but this test looks for hue, not intensity or saturation. The results chart has greater variety in intensity than the actual test chips, in my opinion. One of the keys to this kind of test is to squint and if you're uncertain, switch two tiles and see which is warmer (or cooler) in hue.

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If we ever travel thousands of light years to a planet inhabited by intelligent life, let's just make patterns in their crops and leave.

Ah, but this test looks for hue, not intensity or saturation. The results chart has greater variety in intensity than the actual test chips, in my opinion. One of the keys to this kind of test is to squint and if you're uncertain, switch two tiles and see which is warmer (or cooler) in hue.

I switched frequently, but I was thinking that hue, intensity and saturation were all involved. That may be why I didn't score better, but I didn't score poorly, either.

I have frequently been given color tests when I complain about certain things with my vision. The doctors always assume I am color blind, but I pass their tests every time. I think I have a different issue, but I am not sure what it is. For example, when trying to read the green and white signs for street names, it takes me a second or two longer to correctly read them. But when I am in Virginia, where blue and white signs are popular, they are easier for me to read. I think my brain reacts faster because there is more contrast with blue and white (or so my brain thinks). It may also be that green and white signs easily blend in with nearby trees whereas blue and white does not.

I am a very visual person. I learn best by visual methods and I have very good visual memory. In fact, if I have to learn anything that is not visual, I create a visual process in my head to help me understand it. If someone gives me directions, I just don't remember 2 lefts, 2 rights, etc, but instead I visualize a map in my head with lines drawn like you would see on the directions for Google or Bing maps.

Maybe everyone does this and I am just unaware. Some people associate colors with numbers (Urs) and perhaps use them as a learning/memory too, too.

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John 14:2 :: In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

I'm an artist as well, but color has never been my forte. That being said, I had thought I would do pretty well, as I was fairly easily able to distinguish the warmer/cooler hues from each other. Or so I thought. Color me chagrined. Interestingly, I got a 30 the first time I took it, and went back to see whether I was seeing things wrong or what, and scored a 14 the second time. Maybe I need to keep practicing...I was pretty happy with my gradation before I hit the "score" button both times.